pages 55-74

One part that I found interesting was the part where Jeanette's father was teaching her how to swim. The way that he taught her to swim was different, and it made me wonder if it was the right thing to do. It might have worked, but it frightened Jeanette. Rex probably didn't expect her to react he way that she did. Jeanette was still upset, even after she had learned how to swim and every one was congratulating her. It was understandable why she was so upset, because she was mad that no one helped her, and to her it seemed like Rex really would have let her drown. Jeanette was young, so it might have been hard for her to understand why Rex was doing this, so it made her lose some trust in him because to her it looked like he was letting her drown. It wasn't right of him to do this to Jeanette because it scared her a lot, and he should have known that she could have reacted the way that she did. Rex should have used a different method to teach Jeanette to swim because even if it required more work, it wasn’t worth frightening her and causing her to lose trust in him.